MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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